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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of North Devon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official North Devon website
28,958 approved · 2,527 refused · 2,650 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2001 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
SEASONS, BEACH ROAD, , WOOLACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 7AA
Received 21 Nov 201225 DUNE VIEW ROAD, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1BZ
Received 14 Oct 2011WOOD PARK LODGE, , , TAWSTOCK, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 3JB
Received 25 Aug 2017ORCHARD COTTAGE, TANNERS ROAD, LANDKEY, BARNSTAPLE, EX320NQ
Received 8 May 200848 MARTIN ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX327EL
Received 7 Jul 2006FLAT 4 ESTUARY VIEW, , WEST YELLAND, BARNSTAPLE, EX313HL
Received 26 Jul 2007100-101 HIGH STREET, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1HR
Received 7 Nov 2012GARDEN OF, 24 OLD TORRINGTON ROAD, STICKLEPATH, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 2DD
Received 22 Dec 2011NARRACOTT FARM, , MESHAW, SOUTH MOLTON, EX364NP
Received 5 Oct 2006LAND ADJACENT TO, 25A BEAR STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX327BX
Received 8 Aug 2008Land at Lower Poole Barns (Phase 2) North Molton Devon
Received 12 Aug 2011LIBRA GARDENS, KING STREET, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0DB
Received 17 Nov 201722, 23 JOY STREET & 13, 14 & 15 GREEN LANES SHOPPING CENTRE, , , BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1BP
Received 4 Jul 20139 HILLINGTON, ILFRACOMBE, EX348LU
Received 20 Jul 200515 Butchers Row Barnstaple Devon EX31 1BW
Received 24 Dec 2019The Homestead Bickington Road Bickington Barnstaple Devon EX31 2JG
Received 29 Apr 2022Parade Building (The Old Museum) Newberry Parade Seaside Hill Combe Martin EX34 0AW
Received 2 Jan 2025High Cleve Beach Road Woolacombe Devon EX34 7AA
Received 20 Sept 2023BRUNSWICK WHARF, NORTH WALK, , BARNSTAPLE, , DEVON,
Received 31 Jul 2014HIGHER POOLE, FORE STREET, NORTH MOLTON, SOUTH MOLTON, DEVON, EX36 3HL
Received 2 Aug 2011Land to rear of Chestnut View Goodleigh Road Barnstaple Devon EX32 7NL
Received 31 Jan 2023THE TAPAS TERRACE BAR & RESTAURANT, 62 FORE STREET, ILFRACOMBE, EX349ED
Received 31 May 2005GLEN LYN, WEST HILL LANE, BRAUNTON, DEVON, EX33 1AR
Received 6 Sept 2010LAND ADJACENT 24 SPURWAY GARDENS, , COMBE MARTIN, ILFRACOMBE, DEVON, EX34 0PL
Received 14 Jul 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Devon District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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